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Be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that doesn`t spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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Comfort in a Clear Conscience
Commentators agree that Job's only remaining comfort is his integrity. His statement, "I have not denied the words of the Holy One," is the foundation of his hope. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that having a clear conscience from living out one's faith openly provides profound peace and confidence, especially during immense suffering and when facing death.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then should I yet have comfort - Dr. Good renders this, “then would I already take comfort.” Noyes, “yet it should still be my cons…
19th Century
Anglican
Concealed — i.e., denied. The same was the confidence of the Psalmist (Psalms 40:9–10). ().
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then should I yet have comfort Either before death, and in the midst of all his pains and sorrows, being in view of …
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Job had desired death as the welcome end to his miseries. Eliphaz had reproved him for this, but Job asks for it again with more vehemence than bef…
13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz had clearly noted three things in Job’s lament: despair, because Job seemed to desire non-existence; impatience or excessive sorrow, becaus…
